Down Yonder

Intro Verse:

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Railroad train, railroad train, hurry some more;

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Put a little steam on just like never before.

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Hustle on, bustle on, I've got the blues,

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Yearning for my Swanee shore.

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Brother if you only knew,     you'd want to hurry up, too.


Refrain:

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Down yonder, someone beckons to me,

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Down yonder, someone reckons on me.

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I seem to see a race in mem - o - ry

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Between the Natchez and the Robert E. Lee.

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Swanee shore, I miss you more and more;

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Ev'ryday, my mammy land, you're simply grand

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Down yonder, when the folks get the news,

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Don't wonder at the hullabaloo.

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There's Daddy and Mammy, there's Ephram and Sammy,

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Waitin' down yonder for me.


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Summer night, fields of white, bright cotton moon —

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My, but I feel glad I'm gonna see you all soon!

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'Lasses cakes mammy bakes, I taste them now.

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I'll see my sweetie once more, 

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There's lots of kissing in store.